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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. W. SIMMS. TRACK CLEANER.

No. 594,571. l Patented Nov. 30, 1897.

V(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. E W SIMMS TRACK CLEANER.

No. 594,571. Patented Nov. 30,1897.

aman/who@ FwwrH/ WS/inwws arruivr ruins Nrrno STATES EDWARD W. SIMMS, OF FORT ASSINNIBOINE, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- 'HALF TO W'ILLIAM D. DAVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACK-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,571, dated November 30, 1897. Application filed July 21, 1897. Serial No. 645,415. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- wheel 8, which meshes with a similar wheel Be it known thatI, EDWARD W. SIMMS, of 9, mounted upon the end of a shaft 10, which Fort Assinniboine, in the county of Choteau is provided with a crank 11, the purpose of and State of Montana, have invented cerwhichwill presently appear. The shaft 5 5 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Trackextends beyond said crank and through a Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the followsupport 12, mounted upon the platform, ing to be a full, clear, and eXact description Where on the opposite side of the support it of the invention, such as will enable others is provided with a y-wheel 13 and a miter skilled in the art to which it appertains to gear-wheel 14:, which gears with a similar 6o to make and use the same. wheel 15, mounted upon a short vertical shaft This invention relates to new and useful 16 onthe platform. Mounted upon the wheel improvements in track-cleaners; and it conis a crank-arm 17, whichpasses through a sists in the novel combination and arrangehorizontal arm 1S, which passes through an lnent of simple parts, which will be herein* opening 19 in the post 20, provided near the 65 15 after fully described. front of the platform, while on the other side The object of the invention is to produce of said post it is provided with an angle-arm a device of the character above mentioned 2l, which carries at its forward end a shovel that can be conveniently attached to the for- 22. Pivotally mounted in the upper portion Ward end of a locomotive-engine or to the of the standard 2O is an arm 23, which eX- 7o 2o front of street or other cars to remove snow tends horizontally and is provided at or near from the tracks. its rear end with a short pitman-rod 24, which Other objects and advantages of myinvenconnects said arm with the crank 11. tion will become apparent in the course of 'The numeral 25 indicates a series of cutthe following description, and the points of ting-knives which extend transversely of the 25 novelty will be particularly pointed out in track and are secured to the forward end of the claims. f the arm 23.

I am enabled to accomplish the objects of The operation of myimproved track-cleaner my invention by the simple meansillustrated is as follows: Power is applied to the shaft 5, in the accompanying drawings, in whichwhich causes the gear-wheel 8 to rotate, thus 8o 3o Figure 1 represents a view of my improved rotating the gear-wheel 9 and the shaft 10, devicewiththecover thereofremoved to more causing` the horizontal bar 23, through the clearly illustrate the mechanism thereof. crank-and-pitman connection, to rock verti- Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the cally and bring the snow-knives successively same; Fig. 3, a top plan View with cover rein contact with the snow, to break or loosen 3 5 moved. l the same, so that it can be readily removed. Referring to the drawings, .the `numeral 1 The rotation of the shaft 10, it will be seen, indicates a platform which is mounted on will cause the rotation of the mitergear-wheel wheels. 15. Thus the crank-arm thereof, connected The numeral 2 indicates a wheel which is with the rear end of the arm 18, will cause the 9o 4o provided on its face with a laterally-extend shovel 22 to vibrate laterally and remove the ing projection or pin 3, which serves as a snow from the track to either side thereof. means to pivotally connect the wheel with I do not desire to be understood as limiting the pitman-rod 4, which is adapted to be myself to the precise construction shown in connected to the forward end of a crank to the drawings, and many modifications in- 45 impart motion to said wheel. volving mechanical skill will suggest them- The numeral 5 indicates a shaft to`which selves and be made without departing from the wheel 2 is keyed. Said shaft extends the spirit of the invention. transversely of the platform, at the rear there- Having thus fully described :my invention, of, and is mounted in bearings 6 on the upper what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters roo 5o ends of the inclined supports 7. Keyed to Patent, is

said shaft, to one side thereof, is a miter gear- 1. In a track-cleaner, the combination with a suitable platform provided with wheels, and adapted to run upon a track, of a transverse shaft mounted in suitable bearings at the rear of the platform, and provided with means for gearing the same with any suitable source of power to rotate the shaft, a miter gearwheel upon the transverse shaft, a longitudinally-extending shaft mounted in suitable bearings upon the platform, and provided with a miter gear-wheel at each end, and a fly-wheel and crank, the rear gear-Wheel being adapted to engage with the gear-wheel on the transverse shaft, a post mounted near the front of the platform, a longitudinally-eXtending arm pivoted therein, and provided at its forward end with snow-knives, and passing through suitable guides near the rear of the machine, a pitman connection between the said rod and crank on the longitudinally-extending shaft, wherebysaid bar is rocked vertically, causing the knives to cut or loosen the snow when the shaft is rotated, and means for removing the snow from the track, after it has been loosened by the knives, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination wi th a suitable platform provided with wheels, and adapted to run upon a track, of a transverse shaft mounted in suitable bearings at the rear of the platform, and provided with means for gearing the same with any suitable source of power to rotate the shaft, a miter gear-wheel upon the shaft, a longitudinally-extending shaft mounted in suitable bearings upon the platform, and provided with gear-wheels at each end, and a flywheel and crank, the rear gear-wheel being adapted to mesh with the gear-wheel on the transverse shaft, a miter gear-wheel mounted upon the platform, and adapted to mesh with the gear-wheel on the front end of the longitudinal shaft, a crank-arm mounted upon said gear-wheel, a post mounted upon the forward end of the platform, a longitudinallyextending arm passing through said post and provided at its front end with a snow-shovel, and having its rear end connected to the crank-arm on the gear-wheel, so that the shovel is laterally vibrated to remove the snow from the track when the transverse shaft is turned, and means for breaking or loosening the snow, so that the shovel can readily remove the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a suitable platform provided with wheels, and adapted to run on a track, of a transverse shaft mounted in suitable bearings at the rear of the platform, and provided with means for gearing the same with any suitable source of power to rotate the shaft, the miter gear-wheel mounted upon the shaft, a longitudinally-extending shaft mounted in suitable bearings upon the platform, and provided with mit-er gear-wheels at each end thereof, and a fly-wheel and crank, the rear gear-wheel being adapted to engage with the gear-wheel on the transverse shaft, a post mounted near the front of the platform, alongitudinally-extending arm pivoted therein, and provided at its forward end with cutting-knives, and passing through a suitable guideA near the rear of the machine, a pitman connection between the rod and the crank on the longitudinal shaft, wherebysaid bar is rocked vertically to loosen the snow, a gear-wheel mounted upon the platform, and adapted to mesh with a gear-wheel on the front end of the horizontal shaft, a crankarm upon the gear-wheel, a longitudinallyextending arm passing through the post, and provided at its front end with a snow-shovel, and having its rear end connected with the crank-arm on the gear-Wheel, whereby said arm is caused to vibrate laterally, to cause the shovel to throw the snow from the track, at either side thereof, after the same has been loosened by the knives, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDVARD XV. SIMMS.

Vitnesses:

OMAR G. V. GREGG, JEFFERSON DAvIs. 

